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J. R. HUSSEY.

MAP CABINET.

Patented Dec. 23, 1884.

IJNrTnn STATES JOHN R. HUSSEY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

MAP-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,546, dated December 23, 1884. Application filed December 22, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J GEN R. HUSSEY, a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Map- Cabinets, a description of which is set forth in the following specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in the several figures of which like letters indicate like parts.

My invention relates to cases for holding and displaying maps and charts mounted on spring-rollers, and will be readily understood from the following description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View 01" a cabinet of several sections adapted to hold a number of maps, one in each section; and Fig. 2 is an end view of a vertical section on the line A B, Fig. 1, with one of the sections opened out and its map partly unrolled for display.

In detail, tis the top, and s s the sides, of the cabinet, which may be of any desired size, shape, or design. The front is made up of small sectionsf, each of which is made conveniently in the shape shown in Fig. 2, of two strips at right angles to each other, connected by a bracket, 6, at each end, which is provided with a gudgeon, g, which Works in bearings in the sides 8 of the cabinet. The maproller is hung in brackets, which are fastened to the lower piece, 2, of the section f, and when this is thrown or pulled outward it brings the part 2, by a half-revolution, outward to the front, the map coming with it, and takes the position shown by the open section in Fig. 2, and the map may now be opened. Closing the map, a reverse movement carries the part 2 inward, the map with it, and brings the part 1 of section f to the front, closing the cabinet, the map being shut inside. If desired, the section f may be made flat and hinged either above or below to the frame; or the section may be pivoted centrally or at the upper or lower corners. These would be more modifications of the plan suggested, and would all embody my invention, which is to provide a case wherein the map is secured in any suitable way to the inside of the front board of the cabinet, so that by the reversal or partial revolution of this front board the map will be brought out in a position ready for unrolling for use. p

The cabinet may provide for one or more maps, and if the front board he made flat one or more maps may be fastened to the same board. Upon the same principle two folding halves or sections could be hinged together and maps secured to the top of each, so that when opened the maps would be in position for unrolling for use.

I am aware of the device shown in Letters Patent to H. E. Moon, No. 276,267, and do not claim the device or the construction therein shown; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

1. The cabinet having top t, sides 8, the revolving section f, composed of parts 1 and 2 and end braekets,b,and having bearings upon gudgeons g in the sides of the cabinet, all combined substantially as described.

2. The cabinet it, having sides .9, the revolving section f, having parts 1 and 2, and gud geons adapted to rotate in sides 8 of the cabinet, all combined substantially as described.

3. The cabinet having top 26, sides 8, the section f, having parts 1 and 2, and gudgeons 9, adapted to rotate in bearings in sides 8, brackets b, and a map mounted on a roller attached to part 2 of section f, all combined substantially as described.

\Vitness my hand December 18, 1883.

JOHN R. HUSSEY. 

